Ian Holm
Known for: Acting
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in films. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003). He gained acclaim for his role in The Bofors Gun (1968) winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award win for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (1981). Other notable films he appeared in include Alien (1979), Brazil (1985), Henry V (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and The Aviator (2004). He gained wider appreciation for his role as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He also voiced Chef Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Holm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Series
NOVA
Narrator (voice)
1974
Series
Play for Today
Alexei
1970
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bilbo
2003
Series
Horizon
Narrator
1964
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Bilbo
2001
Film
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Old Bilbo Baggins
2014
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Film
Ratatouille
Skinner (voice)
2007
Film
Alien: Romulus
Rook (Facial and Vocal Reference)
2024
Film
The Fifth Element
Cornelius
1997
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Alan Corwin
1979
Film
Alien
Ash
1979
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Oedipus
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Khrushchov
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Alceste
1965
Series
The Wednesday Play
Mark Lang
1964
Film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Old Bilbo Baggins
2012
Series
Screen Two
F.R. Leavis
1985
Series
Screen Two
Albertus
1985
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
ITV Playhouse
Huw
1967
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
David Peters
1969
Series
Performance
Sir William Collyer
1991
Series
Performance
Duff
1991
Series
Performance
King Lear
1991
Series
Performance
Astrov
1991
Series
40 Minutes
Narrator
1981
Film
The Day After Tomorrow
Terry Rapson
2004
Film
Lord of War
Simeon Weisz
2005
Film
The Aviator
Professor Fitz
2004
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Man
1977
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
J.M. Barrie
1977
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
Zerah
1977
Film
Brazil
Mr. Kurtzmann
1985
Series
Legends
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Charles Stubbs
1973
Film
From Hell
Sir William Gull
2001
Series
Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler
1978
Film
Time Bandits
Napoleon
1981
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Wolfe MacFarlane
1966
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Dr Frankenstein / The Being
1966
Film
Chariots of Fire
Sam Mussabini
1981
Series
Survival
1961
Series
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
1965
Series
Chillers
Christopher Waggoner
1990
Film
eXistenZ
Kiri Vinokur
1999
Film
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
1984
Film
Naked Lunch
Tom Frost
1991
Series
Television
Self - Narrator (voice)
1985
Jubilee 1977
Bill Ramsey
1977
Film
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
1994
Film
Garden State
Gideon Largeman
2004
Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tailor (voice)
1992
Private Affairs
David Garrick
1975
Film
Another Woman
Ken
1988
Series
The Power Game
Sefton Kemp
1965
Series
Napoleon and Love
Napoleon Bonaparte
1974
Series
Secret History
Narrator
1991
Film
Hamlet
Polonius
1990
Film
A Life Less Ordinary
Mr. Naville
1997
Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Himmelstoss
1979
Series
The Borrowers
Pod
1992
Film
Bless the Child
Reverend Grissom
2000
Film
Henry V
Captain Fluellen
1989
Series
The Frighteners
Gordon
1972
Film
Loch Ness
Water Bailiff
1996
Series
Game, Set, and Match
Bernard Samson
1988
Film
Robin and Marian
King John
1976
Film
March or Die
El Krim
1977
Film
Shout at the Devil
Mohammed
1976
Film
Big Night
Pascal
1996
Film
Nicholas and Alexandra
Yakovlev
1971
Film
Animal Farm
Squealer (voice)
1999
Film
The Madness of King George
Willis
1994
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Dr. Joseph Goebbels
1982
Film
The Man in the Iron Mask
Duval
1977
Series
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Wedderburn
1974
Film
S.O.S. Titanic
J. Bruce Ismay
1980
Film
The Sweet Hereafter
Mitchell Stephens
1997
Film
Juggernaut
Nicholas Porter
1974
Film
Dreamchild
Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
1985
Film
Chromophobia
Edward Aylesbury
2006
Film
Young Winston
George E. Buckle
1972
Film
Les Misérables
Thénardier
1978
Film
Night Falls on Manhattan
Liam Casey
1997
Film
Oh! What a Lovely War
President Poincare
1969
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Himmelstoss
1951
Film
The Miracle Maker
Pontius Pilate (voice)
2000
Series
The Wars of the Roses
Richard III
1965
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
White Knight
1998
Film
Blue Ice
Sir Hector
1992
Series
The Endless Game
Control
1989
Film
Mary, Queen of Scots
David Riccio
1971
Film
Incognito
John (uncredited)
1997
The Return of the Borrowers
Pod
1993
Do You Remember?
Walter Street
1978
The Bell
Michael Meade
1982
Series
Stalin
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
Series
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
Geschichtenerzähler
2009
Series
The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie
1978
Bloody Sunday
Narrator
1991
Film
Kafka
Dr. Murnau
1991
Film
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
2006
Film
Strangers with Candy
Dr. Putney
2006
Film
Beautiful Joe
George The Geek
2000
Film
Uncle Vanya
Astrov
1991
Film
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
Narrator
2004
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Albertus
1993
Film
Dance with a Stranger
Desmond Cussen
1985
Film
The Match
Big Tam
1999
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Polonius (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Thief of Baghdad
The Gatekeeper
1978
Series
Armchair Theatre
Edward Gobey
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Jamie Norton
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Reverend P. Bagley
1956
Film
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Patrick
2000
Series
Korea: The Unknown War
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Shanghai Vice
Himself - Narrator
1999
Masquerade
Blake
1974
Film
Esther Kahn
Nathan Quellen
2000
Film
The Fixer
Grubeshov
1968
Film
O Jerusalem
Ben Gurion
2006
Rope
Granillo
1957
Landscape
Duff
1995
Film
The Return of the Soldier
Doctor Anderson
1983
Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Flayed
The Man
1978
Film
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Eustace Edgehill
1985
Film
The Emperor's New Clothes
Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
2001
The Salesman
Salesman
1970
Film
Wetherby
Stanley Pilborough
1985
Film
The Wars of the Roses
King Richard III
1965
Film
Simon Magus
Sirius / Boris / The Devil
1999
Film
The Deep Blue Sea
Sir William Collyer
1994
Series
Monsters We Met
Narrator
2003
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Trofimov
1962
Film
D-Day 6.6.1944
Narrator (voice)
2004
The End of the Line
Reverend P. Bagley
1970
Film
King Lear
King Lear
1998
We, the Accused
Paul Presset
1980
Film
The Treatment
Dr. Ernesto Morales
2007
Film
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
2004
Film
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Lech Walesa
1981
Film
The Endless Game
Control
1989
Series
Secret Agent
Narrator
2001
Film
Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould
2000
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
Mr. Garrick
1975
Film
The Browning Version
Andrew Crocker-Harris
1985
Film
The Homecoming
Lenny
1973
Film
Soft Targets
Alexei
1982
Film
Girls at Sea
Marine (uncredited)
1958
Film
Children in Crossfire
Narrator
1974
Film
Frankenstein
Frankenstein / The Monster
1968
Ramsey
Bill Ramsey
1977
Film
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self
2002
Film
Little Red Riding Hood
Don Mini
1995
Film
A Severed Head
Martin Lynch-Gibbon
1971
Film
The Treat
Gordon
1972
The Man from Haven
Jack Byron Lever
1972
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck
1968
Film
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor (voice)
1993
Film
The Last Romantics
F.R. Leavis
1992
Chappaquiddick
Narrator
1994
Film
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Narrator (voice)
1983
Film
Murder by the Book
Hercule Poirot
1986
Film
Laughterhouse
Ben Singleton
1984
Film
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor
1989
Film
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Narrator (voice) (UK version, Timewatch: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald)
1993
Film
Shergar
Joseph Maguire
1999
Film
A Season of Giants
Lorenzo de' Medici
1990
A Little Fish in Deep Water
Narrator
1996
Film
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
(voice)
1994
Film
The Bofors Gun
Gunner Flynn
1968
Film
The Lost Boys
J.M. Barrie
1978
Film
The Kingdom of Fun
Narrator
1989
Film
Opus
Lenny (The Homecoming)
1967
Film
Wisconsin Death Trip
Narrator (voice)
1999
The Paradise Suite
Jamie Norton
1963
Film
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992
Omri's Burning
Omri
1969
Film
Prisoner of Paradise
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Moonlight on the Highway
1969
Film
Cry From Home
Narrator
1986
Film
The Misanthrope
Alceste
1980
Film
The Wood Demon
Khrushchov
1974
Film
Emma's Time
Mark Lang
1970
Film
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Narrator (voice)
1995
Film
Edward the Confessor
Edward Gobey
1969
Film
The Queen of Trees
Narrator
2005
Film
Tale of the Tides
Narrator
1998
Film
The Real Middle Earth
Narrator
2007
Film
Visions of Power
Narrator
1985
Funny
Huw
1971
Film
The Fishing Party
Narrator
1986
Film
The Cost of Treachery
Narrator
1984
Only a Game
Narrator
1974